Dont expect combo disks to go anywhere. They are going to become the norm when HD DVD becomes mainstream. They are the replacement for SD DVD in the market place. Studios will not have to produce, package and ship 2 disks for every movie. That one disk solution will save them tons of money. Also dont expect the prices on media to stay too high. They will eventually fall. Just as DVD prices fell.

Dont expect combo disks to go anywhere. They are going to become the norm when HD DVD becomes mainstream. They are the replacement for SD DVD in the market place. Studios will not have to produce, package and ship 2 disks for every movie. That one disk solution will save them tons of money. Also dont expect the prices on media to stay too high. They will eventually fall. Just as DVD prices fell.

Exactly. One of the advantages that HD DVD does have. Basically whenever I decide to get a HD DVD player in the future.. I will already have the HD version on the flip side.

Maybe they will get rid of the single DVD and HD releases, and release all new releases in just combo format.

Kizzo has it right. You don't want the combo discs to go away just yet. Think about it. If you could release a juggernaut like Transformers only on a HD-DVD Combo disc, (not on DVD) you would get guaranteed sales in the millions. Not to mention, millions of people would own an HD-DVD ready disc. That would be a huge boon for the HD-DVD format.

Thanks pcdoctor! I don't get it, every HD DVD that has a problem is a combo disc. There are numerous threads. If they were manufactured better along with a lower price point than they wouldn't be so bad.

I don't get what you guys have against combos! Yes, they're $5 too much and shouldn't be. Yes, some have had some technical problems. In the abstract, though... do you really dislike the concept? What did a combo ever do to you?